Chapter 22: Mini Condoms — Extra Condoms, Might Be Useful Later
By the time they reacted, someone had already raised their phone, freezing the “hand-holding” photo on the big screen. He Qing quickly moved the camera away, leaving only the clear faces of Jiang Yunian and Zhang Hao on the screen.
The host immediately took control of the situation. “Then let’s invite our handsome volunteer to the stage to demonstrate the correct way to wear it!”
The sudden turn of events stunned the two into freezing. Jiang Yunian awkwardly withdrew his hand, forgetting even to take back the condom he intended to swap. The peers below the stage urged one of them to go up.
Zhang Hao felt embarrassed and shoved Jiang Yunian. “Telling you to go.”
Many in the audience recognized Jiang Yunian, their eyes lighting up one by one.
Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow, stuffed a pack of condoms into his palm, and whispered, “Perform well.”
Jiang Yunian, clutching that condom, was driven onto the stage like a duck onto a perch, feeling a bit apprehensive facing the dark crowd and blinding lights. He steadied himself and gave a brief introduction.
In the audience, Fang Xiaolin, who had arrived early, was looking around. Everyone in the class was there, except for Jiang Yan. She regretted a little not insisting on getting his WeChat, but soon, her sharp eyes caught a flash of a cool, handsome profile on the big screen. Although brief, she recognized him at a glance.
She waved in Jiang Yan’s direction, signaling him to come over quickly.
Next to her, two girls were quietly screaming at the person on the big screen, occasionally letting out exclamations like “Senior Jiang” and “So handsome.”
“Even handsome guys can’t resist Senior Jiang’s charm! If I had known, I would have gone to get one too.”
“What would you get that for?”
“I just wanted to talk to the Senior, hehe~”
Fang Xiaolin was full of Jiang Yan. Hearing this, she followed their gaze to the center of the stage, and a familiar face came into view.
“Why do I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere…”
The girl next to her heard and said excitedly, “You’re a freshman too, right? Senior Jiang is the heartthrob of our Chemistry Department!”
“He is quite handsome.” Fang Xiaolin looked again, gradually matching his face with a memory fragment.
“Right? Not only is he handsome, but his grades are also super good, first in his major!” The girl chattered on about the handsome guy like opening a floodgate. “Most importantly, he has never had a girlfriend.”
Fang Xiaolin was stunned. “No girlfriend?”
She had clearly picked up his girlfriend’s… breast patch.
“Yeah, unbelievable, right? Our Senior Jiang is still a pure, innocent straight guy.”
Fang Xiaolin looked doubtfully at a certain someone on stage skillfully manipulating a condom, wondering how the label “pure innocent straight guy” got attached to him.
Soon, she had no time to chat about this; the empty seat beside her finally welcomed its owner.
“You’re here.” She smiled faintly.
Jiang Yan took his seat, staring intently at the stage.
The camera continued to focus on the demonstration table, giving a close-up.
Jiang Yunian had learned the relevant knowledge before the event; this wasn’t difficult. After confirming the size, he tore open the package and placed the condom on the demonstration model. When removing it, whether due to nervousness or something else, he accidentally scratched a hole in the condom.
“Don’t be nervous, take your time,” the expert encouraged gently.
This small mistake was harmless. The expert used the situation to explain emergency measures. Jiang Yunian calmed down and demonstrated again amidst the dense sound of camera shutters.
This time it went very smoothly.
He silently retreated to his “post,” feeling like he was about to be burned through by the gazes. Zhang Hao mocked, “Quite skilled, huh? Use them often?”
“Follow the instructions, and you can do it too.” Jiang Yunian frowned slightly.
I knew how to do it anyway, didn’t need you to tell me.
Zhang Hao rolled his eyes, hearing him ask what to do with the remaining condoms.
Glancing at the bag, seeing the rest were all small sizes, Zhang Hao was amused. “Keep them for yourself to use.”
The lecture continued until eight-thirty, and students poured out sparsely.
Fang Xiaolin said to the person beside her, “Professor Chen spoke really well. I was quite embarrassed at first, but after hearing him, there’s really nothing to be ashamed of.”
The noise of people coming and going was loud. She turned her head and found Jiang Yan staring in the direction of the podium, unknown who he was looking at, but definitely not listening to her. Fang Xiaolin shut her mouth boringly and moved with the flow of people.
Exiting the lecture hall, the crowd dispersed. It was still early, so Fang Xiaolin suggested everyone go eat something. The other classmates had no objections.
“Then let’s hurry, there will definitely be a long queue later.”
Fang Xiaolin walked a few steps and realized Jiang Yan hadn’t kept up. Looking back, she found him still standing at the door.
“Jiang…”
Just as Fang Xiaolin was about to call him, she saw him turn back into the lecture hall and grab a boy’s hand amidst the shuttling figures. It was too far to see the boy’s appearance clearly, but Jiang Yan said much more to him than he had said to her in a whole week.
“Xiaolin, what are you doing? Let’s go.”
“Oh, coming.” She suppressed the strangeness in her heart and turned to leave.
Jiang Yunian put the remaining condoms into a small bag. A hand with well-defined knuckles suddenly reached over and snatched it away.
“Taking so many, want to pocket them privately?” Jiang Yan opened the bag and counted, about seven or eight boxes. “You won’t use them anyway.”
“How do you know I won’t use them?” Jiang Yunian was a bit unconvinced and wanted to grab the bag back.
“Oh?” Jiang Yan raised his hand, dodging easily, his eyes dark and heavy. “Who is Ge going to use them with?”
“In the future… there will always be a time to use them.”
A box was quite expensive; couldn’t just throw them away.
Zhang Hao was being sarcastic behind them: Have time to chat but don’t know to help clean up?
Jiang Yan lifted his eyelids coldly.
“You go back first,” Jiang Yunian said.
Jiang Yan wouldn’t leave, wanting to wait for him. Cleaning up would take a long time. Jiang Yunian was afraid he would be bored, so he quietly squeezed his hand and winked at him, and the other party surrendered.
When everything was tidied up, Jiang Yunian picked up the bag to leave. Just out the door, he ran into He Qing leaning against the wall, head down fiddling with his camera, seemingly looking at tonight’s photos.
Jiang Yunian asked why he hadn’t left yet.
He Qing looked up, didn’t answer, but instead pointed at the photo, which showed the three people just captured. Jiang Yan only revealed a blurry side profile. “What is your relationship with him?”
“Jiang Yan?” Jiang Yunian said, “What’s wrong? You know him?”
He Qing chewed over the name “Jiang Yan” in a low voice, his expression turning cold. “Doesn’t look like a good person.”
He also judges people by appearance? Jiang Yunian was eager to protect his own and couldn’t help retorting, “Then you misjudged. He is my younger brother, especially obedient.”
“Obedient?” He Qing’s expression looked like he had swallowed a fly.
“En en en!” Jiang Yunian nodded like pounding garlic.
Seeing him blind like this, He Qing didn’t bother to argue, asking what he was carrying in his hand.
“Oh, this,” Jiang Yunian felt Jiang Yan had a point; he indeed wouldn’t use them in the short term, so he simply stuffed them all to him. “Just happened to have some left, here you go, you have more use for them.”
He Qing was puzzled, glanced into the bag—a pile of condoms.
“…”
What does he mean he has more use for them?
Jiang Yunian looked sincere. “Remember to be safe.”
He Qing baffledly took a pile of condoms, walking out of the teaching building still looking blank.
This… he also had no use for them.
“I was wondering why you skipped work tonight,” Zhou Shu’s lingering voice rang out. “So you were hiding here.”
He Qing walked down the steps, running straight into him.
Zhou Shu curled his lips. “If I knew, I would have participated too.”
He Qing stood still, hiding the bag behind his back without a trace. “Why is Qi Yan here?”
Zhou Shu’s face changed slightly. “You saw him?”
“En.”
Seeing Zhou Shu like this, he must have known early on that he was nesting here.
“Qi Sheng is fighting fiercely now; he can’t expose his whereabouts.” Zhou Shu pinched his lips. “Keep your little mouth shut and pretend you didn’t see, hmm?”
It was late at night, and the area around the teaching building was so quiet it was hard to see even a shadow. He Qing’s lips pouted slightly from the pinch. He tried to break free but failed, so he could only nod perfunctorily.
“Good boy.”
Zhou Shu let go and rubbed him, only to have He Qing wipe it off with the back of his hand in disgust, as if treating something dirty.
Zhou Shu was unhappy. “So disgusted? Didn’t even put it in.”
He Qing glared at him and directly took out his phone to open the school forum. “I can pretend not to see, but others won’t.”
The scene captured in the lecture hall attracted the attention of some people. Jiang Yan only showed a side profile, yet someone posted to find the handsome guy. The action of him and Jiang Yunian passing things was even mistaken for “holding hands,” and some people even guessed the two were a couple.
“Really hard to guard against.” Zhou Shu clicked his tongue. This kid is really flashy enough; does he think his life is too long?
“Solve it yourselves.” He Qing didn’t want to get involved and lifted his foot to leave.
“Deleting posts is simple. By the way, what are you hiding?” Zhou Shu yanked casually, pulling him back. This pull directly exposed the things he was hiding behind him.
Zhou Shu reached out to hook it over to look. Unexpectedly, He Qing reacted strongly, slapping his hand away and dodging to prevent him from touching. “Nothing, someone gave it to me.”
“Why hide if it’s nothing?” Zhou Shu looked suspicious, ignoring his resistance to hold down his arm and snatching it over.
It was fine not looking, but after seeing clearly, blood rushed up instantly.
He Qing held his forehead, embarrassed enough to want to slip away. “If you want it, take it. I’m leaving first.”
Too late to slip away, his back collar was lifted back. Under the disparity in strength, there was no possibility of escape at all. He closed his eyes, like a cat with its claws pulled out.
“Someone gave it?” Zhou Shu’s eye daggers were sharp, clamping his neck and pressing him against his chest.
“No… got them for free.”
“Got so many?” Zhou Shu smiled without humor. “Who do you plan to use them with?”
He Qing: “…”
He didn’t want to use them either.
“Don’t tell me you found a new paramour behind my back?” Zhou Shu’s face sank. He pinched a small box, saw the size, and sneered aloud. “Heh, baby, he only has this much weight?”
Defining himself as a “paramour” was something else. He Qing often couldn’t understand his brain circuits. He couldn’t stay calm: “Can’t I hold them for fun?”
“Hmph.” Zhou Shu figured he wouldn’t dare. Thinking about it, he still felt angry, so he bit his ear and dropped a threat: “If you dare to cuckold me, I will…”
He Qing hissed, cursing him inwardly as a dog. “Someone’s here, let go quickly.”
Zhou Shu was holding back a breath; how could he let him go easily? He insisted on him explaining clearly—no talk, no release.
Scoundrel.
He Qing was rendered helpless by him and simply told the truth, his confidence waning toward the end. “He gave them… thought I was the top.”
Hearing this, Zhou Shu smiled teasingly. He Qing felt severely insulted and flew into a rage out of humiliation: “What are you laughing at? It’s just a misunderstanding. I’m not in that kind of relationship with you at all…”
Zhou Shu manually muted him, only listening to what he wanted to hear, his breath carrying excitement. “So, baby wants to use them with me?”
“But, isn’t this model too small?” He pinched the small box, frowning and teasing. “Didn’t expect baby to be so mini in his eyes.”
He Qing was stimulated by this “mini” and retorted coldly: “With me on top, how big can you be?”
The corner of Zhou Shu’s mouth hooked up dangerously, his tall body completely enveloping him. “Blame me for not showing my prowess in front of baby for too long; you can even remember this wrong.”
“Doesn’t matter. Tonight, hubby will make you remember properly.”
Zhou Shu said through gritted teeth, then slung the person over his shoulder and walked toward the car.
“Wh-what are you doing? Put me down!”
His butt was smacked neither lightly nor heavily. “Be behave.”
He Qing’s ears dripped blood, rarely so hard-pressed.
“Zhou Shu, you bastard!”
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